Notable burials · ID
Notable people buried in Idaho
Wikidata records 150 notable people as buried in Idaho, spread over 38 of the cemeteries we list, the 46th highest count of any state. Morris Hill Cemetery in Boise holds the most, with 44 (29% of the state total).
150
notable burials
38
cemeteries with one or more
44
at Morris Hill Cemetery
By theme
Who is buried in Idaho
Government
Military
American Civil War veterans1Korean War veterans4Medal of Honor recipients9Mexican-American War veterans1Spanish-American War veterans1Vietnam War veterans2World War I veterans4World War II veterans15
Arts and entertainment
Actors5Architects1Painters, sculptors and photographers8Journalists3Musicians and singers2Pulitzer Prize winners1Writers and poets8
Sports
American football players8Baseball players4Basketball players3
Science and work
Aviators and astronauts1Business leaders4Inventors and engineers2Nobel Prize laureates2Physicians1Scientists3
From occupations, offices, awards and military service recorded on Wikidata. One person can appear in several lists.
People
Best-documented burials in Idaho
- Ernest Hemingway1899-1961American author and journalistKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Melvin Schwartz1932-2006American experimental physicistKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Margaux Hemingway1954-1996American fashion model and actressKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Ann Sothern1909-2001American actressKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Reginald Owen1887-1972British actorMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Frank Church1924-1984American politician and lawyerMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Gretchen Fraser1919-1994American alpine skierKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Cecil D. Andrus1931-2017American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Steve Symms1938-2024American politician and lobbyistCanyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, ID
- William Borah1865-1940American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Harmon Killebrew1936-2011Professional baseball playerRiverside Cemetery, Payette, ID
- George L. Shoup1836-1904American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Gloria Hemingway1931-2001American physicianKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Jack Hemingway1923-2000Canadian-American fly fisherman, conservationist and writerKetchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- John Merton Aldrich1866-1934American entomologistMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- John V. Evans1925-2014American politicianMalad City Cemetery, Malad City, ID
- Moses Alexander1853-1932Second elected Jewish governor of a US state - serving as the 11th Governor of Idaho 1915-1919Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- William J. McConnell1839-1925American politicianMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Robert E. Smylie1914-2004American politician and attorney from IdahoPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Frank R. Gooding1859-1928American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Gooding, ID
- John W. Thomas1874-1945American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Gooding, ID
- J. R. Simplot1909-2008American businessmanMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Frank Steunenberg1861-1905American politicianCanyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, ID
- Frank W. Hunt1861-1906American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Orval H. Hansen1926-2017American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- C. Ben Ross1876-1946American politicianParma Cemetery, Parma, ID
- Ray Flaherty1903-1994American football player and coachSaint Thomas Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Bert H. Miller1879-1949American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John M. Haines1863-1917American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John T. Morrison1860-1915American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Abe McGregor Goff1899-1984American politician and civil servantMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Chase A. Clark1883-1966American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- James Henry Mays1868-1926American politicianElmwood Cemetery, Gooding, ID
- Edgar Wilson1861-1915American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- James H. Hawley1847-1929American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Burton L. French1875-1954American politicianMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- John Travers Wood1878-1954American physicianForest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Ed Pulaski1868-1931U.S. Forest Service rangerForest Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
- C. A. Bottolfsen1891-1964American politicianHillcrest Cemetery, Arco, ID
- Barzilla W. Clark1880-1943American politicianRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- H. C. Baldridge1868-1947American politicianParma Cemetery, Parma, ID
- Paul Revere1938-2014American musicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Gracie Pfost1906-1965American politicianMeridian Cemetery, Meridian, ID
- Edward A. Stevenson1831-189511th Governor of Idaho TerritoryPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John R. French1819-1890American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John Hailey1835-1921American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John J. Allen Jr.1899-1995American politicianMcCall Cemetery, McCall, ID
- Edward Dexter Holbrook1836-1870American delegate for IdahoOld Pioneer Cemetery, Idaho City, ID
- Robert M. McCracken1874-1934American politicianGrove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, ID
- Rocky Bridges1927-2015American baseball playerSaint Thomas Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Jack Langrishe1839-1895American actorGreenwood Cemetery, Kellogg, ID
- James Gunn1843-1911Union United States Army officerMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Herma Albertson Baggley1896-1981American park ranger, naturalist, author, botanical collector and teacherMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John Green1825-1908United States cavalry officer, who was awarded a Medal of HonorMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Margaret S. Roberts1872-1952American librarian and suffragistMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Orlando Scott Goff1843-1916American photographerMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Edward Kelly1890-1956Catholic bishopMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Lucius Roy Holbrook1875-1952United States Army generalMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Ed Freeman1927-2008U.S. Army Medal of Honor recipientIdaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Arthur J. Jackson1924-2017United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientIdaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Fremont Wood1856-1940American lawyerPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Donald S. Whitehead1888-1957American politicianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Larry Jackson1931-1990American baseball playerDry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Cliff Chambers1922-2012American baseball playerDry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Albert Horsley1866-1954Canadian-born American miner, bigamist and assassinMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John E. Tourtellotte1869-1939American architectMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Harold Lyman Ryan1923-1995U.S. Federal District JudgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- J. Blaine Anderson1922-1988United States federal judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Lyle Smith1916-2017American football and basketball player and coach, college athletics administratorIdaho State Veterans Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Junior Van Noy1924-1943United States Army Medal of Honor recipientGrace Cemetery, Soda Springs, ID
- David B. Bleak1932-2006United States Army Medal of Honor recipientLost River Cemetery, Arco, ID
- Henry E. Prickett1829-1885Mayor of Boise, Idaho TerritoryPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Jim Brady1907-1984American football playerRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- Joe Tofflemire1965-2011American football playerEvergreen Cemetery, Post Falls, ID
- Lloyd G. McCarter1917-1956United States Army Medal of Honor recipientWoodlawn Cemetery, Saint Maries, ID
- Bert Pearson1905-1945American football playerParkview Cemetery, New Plymouth, ID
- Lewis Croft1919-2008American actorHillcrest Cemetery, Shelley, ID
- Charles Cheatham Cavanah1871-1953United States federal judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Joe Albertson1906-1993Founder of Albertsons, philanthropistMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Fredrick Monroe Taylor1901-1988United States federal judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Everett Sweeley1880-1957American football player and coach, basketball coach, baseball coachTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Boyd Grant1933-2020American basketball player and coachTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Harry William Grant1880-1962PoliticianTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Shobal Vail Clevenger, Jr.1843-1920PhysicianGrove City Cemetery, Blackfoot, ID
- Thomas Edwin Ricks1828-1901American Mormon leaderRexburg Cemetery, Rexburg, ID
- Milton Kelly1818-1892American judge and newspaper editorPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Harry Jacoby1910-1993American football and basketball coachGrandview Cemetery, Bonners Ferry, ID
- Joe Maddock1877-1943American football player and coachRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- C. J. Griffith1877-1937American football coachPleasant View Cemetery, Burley, ID
- Robert James McNichols1922-1993United States federal judgeSaint Thomas Cemetery, Coeur d'Alene, ID
- Frank S. Reasoner1937-1965United States Marine Corps Medal of Honor recipientGreenwood Cemetery, Kellogg, ID
- Raymond Clyne McNichols1914-1985United States federal judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John T. Morgan1831-1910American judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Clare Hunter1886-1940American football and basketball coachMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Kathryn Albertson1908-2002PhilanthropistMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John H. Hays1844-1904Recipient of the Medal of HonorMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- James W. Porter1887-1959American judgeTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Clarence E. Bisbee1876-1954American photographer and postcard publisherTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Simon M. Friedman1853-1926Hailey Cemetery, Hailey, ID
- Thomas Edward Bassett1862-1926Latter-day Saint Missionary and Stake PresidentRexburg Cemetery, Rexburg, ID
- Philip A. Ray1911-1970American lawyer and authorTarghee Cemetery, Ashton, ID
- Lafayette Cartee1823-1891American pioneer surveyor and civil engineerPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Hugh W. Weir1826-1893American judgePioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Minnie Priest Dunton1864-1921American suffragist, Idaho State LibrarianPioneer Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Emery T. Knudson1896-1974American judgeEvergreen Cemetery, Post Falls, ID
- John Ephriam Rees1868-1928American educator and attorney, amateur historian of native peoples of Idaho.City Cemetery, Salmon, ID
- Louis Wetzel1879-1918American photographer and postcard publisherWoodlawn Cemetery, Saint Maries, ID
- Ralph P. Quarles1855-1921American judgeCity Cemetery, Salmon, ID
- John Rovick1919-2012Radio and tv host from the United StatesDry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Clayton J. Campbell1917-2002United States Air Force lieutenant colonel and participant of the Doolittle RaidDry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Paul Ezra Rhoades1957-2011Executed American spree killerDry Creek Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Clem Parberry1911-1976American coach and administratorMcCall Cemetery, McCall, ID
- James Kephart1842-193222 Apr 1842 - 27 Apr 1932Elmwood Cemetery, Gooding, ID
- Potter P. Howard1890-1956American politicianMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Annetta R. Chipp1866-1961American temperance leader and prison evangelistMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Bethine Clark Church1923-2013American politician's wifeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Charles R. Donaldson1919-1987American judgeMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- George H. Stewart1858-1914Chief Justice of the Idaho Supreme CourtMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Mary Stebbins Savage1850-1915American author, poetMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- M. W. Wood1846-1933American surgeonMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- William Balderston1856-1914Editor and politician from IdahoMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Emily L. Savidge1860-1939American writerMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Isaac N. Sullivan1848-1938American judge 1848-1938Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- John G. Smith1924-1998American sportsmanMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Richard Fox1899-1960American basketball playerMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Pierre Tartoue1888-1974French painterMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Halvor P. Eggan1854-1931Norwegian-American photographer, 1854-1931Moscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Robert Louis Piemeisel1889-1972American entomologist and botanical collectorTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Marlin Jacob Sweeley1857-1939American politicianTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Hazel Jay Browne1886-1972HeiressTwin Falls Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- William Clarence Bicknell1855-1929American politician, Minnesota -House 1907-10 (District 57)Canyon Hill Cemetery, Caldwell, ID
- Amy Mendenhall Cooke Ambrose1886-1968American botanical collector, scientific illustrator, high school teacher and librarianMeridian Cemetery, Meridian, ID
- William Holmes Walker1820-1908American Mormon missionaryLewisville Cemetery, Rigby, ID
- Murielle McGaffee Wilson1913-1994North Riggins Cemetery, Grangeville, ID
- Peter Frandsen1876-1967Danish American biologistIona Cemetery, Lincoln, ID
- N. W. Arrington1889-1968Sunset Memorial Park Cemetery, Twin Falls, ID
- Charlotte Standar Watson1912-1997American photographerRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- Bret Hyde1959-2001American athletics competitorEvergreen Cemetery, Post Falls, ID
- Charles Houston Shattuck1867-1931Botanical collectorRose Hill Cemetery, Idaho Falls, ID
- William Malamud Sr.1896-1982McCall Cemetery, McCall, ID
- Ellen Whitney Angell1928-2012Ketchum Cemetery, Ketchum, ID
- Samuel Rose Parkinson1831-191912 Apr 1831 - 23 May 1919Franklin Cemetery, Preston, ID
- Mary Borah1870-1976Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Charles L. Ostner1828-1913Morris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- George H. Emerson1902-2000American civil servant and sheriffMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Albert Philip Pagoaga1925-2017WWII MarineMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- McKeen F. Morrow1887-1941American lawyerMorris Hill Cemetery, Boise, ID
- Harold L. Axtell1876-1955American classical philologistMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Charles Worth Hodgson1910-2004Professor of agronomyMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
- Sylvester G. Curtis1858-1908American businessperson and postcard publisherMoscow Cemetery, Moscow, ID
Ordered by the number of Wikipedia language editions with an article about the person.
Cemeteries
Where they are buried
- Morris Hill Cemetery · Boise44
- Pioneer Cemetery · Boise15
- Moscow Cemetery · Moscow12
- Twin Falls Cemetery · Twin Falls8
- Ketchum Cemetery · Ketchum8
- Rose Hill Cemetery · Idaho Falls6
- Dry Creek Cemetery · Boise5
- Elmwood Cemetery · Gooding4
- Evergreen Cemetery · Post Falls3
- Idaho State Veterans Cemetery · Boise3
- Canyon Hill Cemetery · Caldwell3
- Saint Thomas Cemetery · Coeur d'Alene3
- McCall Cemetery · McCall3
- Forest Cemetery · Coeur d'Alene2
- Grove City Cemetery · Blackfoot2
- Meridian Cemetery · Meridian2
- Rexburg Cemetery · Rexburg2
- Woodlawn Cemetery · Saint Maries2
- Parma Cemetery · Parma2
- Greenwood Cemetery · Kellogg2
- City Cemetery · Salmon2
- North Riggins Cemetery · Grangeville1
- Franklin Cemetery · Preston1
- Hillcrest Cemetery · Shelley1
- Lewisville Cemetery · Rigby1
Method
About this list
Names, years and descriptions come from Wikidata, where each person’s entry gives the cemetery as their place of burial. It covers people with an encyclopedia entry, not every grave. How we build it.
Other states
Notable burials in other states
- Alabama635
- Alaska139
- Arizona297
- Arkansas378
- California9,351
- Colorado247
- Connecticut1,850
- Delaware100
- District of Columbia1,261
- Florida478
- Georgia859
- Hawaii172
- Illinois3,508
- Indiana1,269
- Iowa748
- Kansas487
- Kentucky889
- Louisiana450
- Maine589
- Maryland1,397
- Massachusetts5,034
- Michigan1,368
- Minnesota839
- Mississippi289
- Missouri1,271
- Montana137
- Nebraska404
- Nevada250
- New Hampshire422
- New Jersey1,938
- New Mexico222
- New York10,713
- North Carolina560
- North Dakota46
- Ohio2,567
- Oklahoma376
- Oregon566
- Pennsylvania3,541
- Rhode Island699
- South Carolina391
- South Dakota151
- Tennessee902
- Texas1,599
- Utah626
- Vermont437
- Virginia5,460
- Washington487
- West Virginia252
- Wisconsin1,183
- Wyoming107